The Jackson 5

Wow, it has been so long since I have posted. Let's see what I have to update you on.
Well, I did my 5K on September 19th, and I did pretty well. I ran/walked it in 51:34 which isn't too shabby. Then we got to do a tour of the Detroit Zoo's veterinary hospital. The tour was pretty sweet.
School started back last week and it is going fairly well. Today's lab was pretty awesome. We had three of the Jackson 5 in today. No, not the singers; some really cute lab mixes. We had Jermaine a little chocolate lab mix. He was so calm for a lab puppy, it was crazy! He's such a little baby, I wish I could have taken him home with me.
Well, poor little Jermaine has worms. Which, that in itself is kinda gross, but not a big deal, right? So, I was carrying him around, cause he was just too cute to put in his cage, and I shifted his weight from one arm to the other and I happened to look down at my arm which had a tapeworm on it!!! I was like, "Ah! There's a tapeworm crawling on my arm." Everyone thought my reaction was hilarious. It totally is funny, but I was SO not expecting to have a tapeworm crawling on my arm. It was totally cool though because I got to make a slide with a crushed proglottid (body segment full of eggs) and some water and I identified what time of tapeworms he has and I got to look at the tapeworm under the microscope too! I had never made a slide like that before so it was pretty sweet.
Other stuff in lab was pretty cool too. I got to monitor for his neuter, and it was the first time I got to do it the whole time. It was pretty neat. I really like the esophageal stethoscope, it is sooo neat to listen to.
I guess I will sign off for now. I mean, there is a whole ton of stuff I could go on and on about, but most of it is pretty boring for you, since you have no clue what I am talking about.
I will try to post a couple pictures later on that I took today.


Jennie

The End Is (thankfully) Not The End

Today I finally got my laptop back. It has been out of commission for about a month now, and I never really realized how much I use it for school until I didn't have it.
But, never mind about my computer....I have some very important news to tell you! I passed all of my summer semester classes!!! And now I can move on and take my fall classes! Thankfully I have a month off though. I got a B+ in my Radiology class, a B+ in my Small Animal Surgery and Nursing class, a B- in Veterinary Pathology, and a C+ in Intro to Diagnostic Laboratory Procedures. Such a victory since I thought I was failing intro to diag.
Now that I have a month off I really don't know what to do with myself. I know that I for sure need to save all the money that I can, because I am in need of a new vehicle. Don't ask, cause I am not going to tell ;). Vacations have been planned, cancelled, rescheduled, re cancelled, and some are even finally going to happen =).
Since I will be out of class for a month I really won't have anything to write about. Well, there is the Run Wild for the Detroit Zoo coming up. I am going to be running in a 5K. Unbelievable I know. So I will definitely keep you up to date with the happenings with that. The deal is I have to run this 5K course in less than 45min. and right now I can run/walk/jog/drag myself along for 4 Miles in 40min. So, I am not doing too shabby since a 5K is only about 3.3 miles (or so I am told). But I only have until the 18th to train for it because it is on September 19th. But I will definitely keep you posted about it.

Wish me luck!

not a promising class...but a very promising friend indeed

yesterday i took a test and i failed it miserably. when the teacher gave us the tests i was looking at it and felt so sick to my stomach i almost puked on the table. on closer inspection of the test there were words that didnt even look real.
so, now at least you understand why i failed the test. i know it is not a good excuse, but still. there actually is a point to this sad story. and no, it is not that i am going to drop out or anything stupid like that. i want to tell you about one of my very best friends. i know i have a lot of best friends, but this one just happened to be online at 1AM, so she was there to help me out.

i have know sabrina a little over a year. we were neighbors when i lived in musky. i finally met her my spring semester. i wish i could/would have met her sooner, but whats done is done. i have done many embarrassing things with sabrina since i have known her. having our rhc ask us if we were drunk while playing frisbee at midnight, confusing our ra by switching houses when he came over, making her housemate climb out the window to get the frisbee (dont worry, it was daytime), lots of things that involved our rhc (but we arent gonna talk about everything right now..... hehehe), boy problems, friend issues, craptastic roommate junk, we've done it all. BUT last night sabrina was really there for me.
i had been online off and on all night and decided to check my grade on the terrible test that i knew i did not do well on. but when i saw my grade i about died. i had utterly failed my test and was ready to give up, we arent even half way through the 3rd week of the 1st semester fyi. i was crying and typing and crying and typing and being a debbie downer but sabrina wouldnt let me stay that way. the whole time she just encouraged me, telling me that i was gonna make it. that i was gonna pass the program. just letting me know that someone had faith in me.
it really meant a lot to me. my old friend (who i just went through a terrible breakup with b/c of my schooling) was debbie downer, always telling me to just do something easier. she didnt like how i would get crabby during midterms and finals and projects. she wanted me to so something easier. always telling me i needed a back up plan and a back up back up plan. never telling me to succede, always telling me i would fail. always holding me back, tearing me down. but sabrina, sheisnt like that. wo both have problems at school, we both get crabby, we both deal with it. we encourage each other, we have a communial mutualism. we both benefit but we wouldnt die if we didnt have the other. in my other friendship, we had a parasitic mutualism going on, i gave and gave and gave and all she did was take. it wasnt cool, not one bit.
now i am not saying that sabrina is my only friend. she is my friend from college in musky. i have other friends who continually encourage me, sabrina just happened to be online at the moment.
my bestest friend laura is in LA, so we got a bit of a time difference in the way, but we work around it. we both encourage each other, but i am a bit scared to tell her i failed. because i do not do good with failing things. laura is my only friend from my group 'back home' from when i was gone for a year. we both moved, so we both know how it is to 'not be at home'. october cannot come soon enough.



sorry, my vet tech blog became an emotional downpour. but it did have to do with vet tech-y stuff. cause i did fail that test. i dont like parasites. they have weird names and there are too many of them.
i did get an A on the quiz i had today though!

Poopy Kitten...Good Learning Experience

Hey all, so today is my first day of the second week of classes. I had a quiz today that I didnt do so hot on (but it was because I was super sick today). So, lets not dwell on these depressing sorts of things. Let us continue on to the super fun/cool/interesting/gross/pathetic stuff. Shall we?
Anyways, today I developed my very 1st radiograph!!! and I did a pretty decent job, since all I had to do was the 'photo imprinting'. But I didnt have to redo mine like some other people in class had to. Since lab was so successful, let us hope my quiz tomorrow goes smoothly.
In my nursing/surg lab we (my lab partner and myself) did a PE (physical exam) on a ~4mo male kitten named Luke. Luke is a cute little kitten looking for a home. Later on in the semester Luke is going to have surgery to remove one of his eyes because he has glacoma and some other problems in it. He is just so adorable! I love him and I wish I could take him home with me!!! Ok, enough of how cute he is...lets get onto the really 'juicy' stuff ;).....
Luke id great with his PE, until we had to take his temp. After that things got crappy, literally. The poor little guy was so nervous after doing that to him that he just started pooping =(
We cleaned his ears..and he pooped
We clipped his nails...and he pooped
We did the STT on his..and he pooped AND freaked out and tried to get away PLUS he clawed me good once too
We did a fluorescene stain on his (which had positive results) and he pooped..and tried to run away from the vet even
We did anything to him...and he pooped
He was just too cute...and super duper stinky
But, at least we were able to to a fecal smear and see all sorts of gross goodies in his poops.
Another awesome thing i got to do today was restrain Luke when he had his eye pressure taken and when he got his vaccinations. Both of these things are a big deal since the other students in class havent gotten to restrain for demonstrations =)
I cant really think of anything else that happened today...well, that involved me anyways...other people?...I got stories there..but this is neither hte time nor the place for them.....

Wish me luck on my diagnostics lab quiz and my radiology quiz tomorrow! I will let you know when I get all my quiz grades back from this week.

Love and Kisses
Jennie

News Flash

So, this is kinda old news by now. Well, not really since it still isn't official. Here is goes...

I GOT IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yepp, you heard right! I got accepted into the Baker College of Clinton Township's Veterinary Technician Program. =) I found out a while ago, but I just haven't had the time to post anything.
Last Friday was my last day of Microbiology. I had a lecture final (which of course I passed with am A) and a lab final (which I also passed with an A...duh =]). Both tests were pretty easy and I was one of the first people finshed both times. A week before last Friday I got a phone call from my director and she told me to come in and schedule my classes, since I have been accepted as long as I pass Micro. Yesterday I recieved my class schedule for Summer semester (which has already been changed 3 times). I bought my books about a week ago. I cannot wait until classes start!!!
I am just really excited and I couldn't sleep, so I just thought that I should finally update everyone on what is happening.

I start the 29th, so hopefully I will be able to keep things more up-to-date than before. I will be taking 17 credit hours for only 9 short weeks. So if I miss some, please cut me some slack.

I DID IT!!!!!!

I did it, I did it, I did it!!!
I turned in my application today =D.... well, I went between my micro lecture and lab, which means I only had like 5 min to drive to and from class to main campus, so
I didn't really have time to panic. lol which was a good thing, otherwise I would have.
So, now all I have to do is ace my microbiology class and I an pretty much in!!!
oooh, plus I got an A on my test today!

ooops, well I gotta go..someone's at the door..(it's Victoria!!! here for girls night out)
ttyl!

xoxoxo <3

I think I'm gonna have a heart attack!

OK, so not really....I hope... =/

But, tomorrow I submit my application to get in the Veterinary Technician Professional Program!!! I am just sooo nervous about applying, I don't even really know why. I am just working myself up about it I think, but this is a huge deal. This is the rest of my life and right now I am holding it in my hands and tomorrow I leave it in the hands of another person. This is such a big deal...I am so glad that there are some other wannabe vet techies out there who feel my pain.

So, wish me luck!!! I have a microbiologly test tomorrow. It is the last one before the final, so it is a huge deciding factor in my final grade.

I will let you know tomorrow whether or not I puke before or after I turn in my application. Seriously though, wish me luck!

Career Update!!!

Ok, so when I posted earlier today I was in a hurry cause I was at work. Because of my hurried-ness I forgot to add one very important thing!!!

I have decided that I am going to work with COWS!!!
Yes cows...those big, smelly things that give milk...lol

So, that is all for now... I have my 3rd Microbiology test on Friday and I will let you know how it goes (I got a 98% on the first one and an 84% on the second one..but I did get an 100% on my case study on Bang's Disease aka- Brucellosis)

hugs and kisses

wow...it has been a while

Sorry it has been sooo long since I wrote. I was really busy with fianls and stuff and then google wouldn't let me sign in with my email since it wasn't a google email. Hopefully now things are taken care of, cause it did let me sign in today.

So, I passed Intro to Vet Tech with an A =)
I am now taking Microbiology and I am submitting my application to the VetTech program in like two days.

Tomorrow is my last rabies shot...I will keep you posted if I become a rabid beast or not =)

Tests: Friend or Foe?

Today I had my second test in Intro to Vet Tech. Last night I had my first (and hopefully only) breakdown of the semester. The breakdown wasn't necessarily due to the stress of the test, but a combo of all things crushing me at once plus studying for a test. BUT, I did have fun making flash cards about chemicals and having an awesome photo shoot with them

I actually did really well on my test today. I got an A- on it (110/120) so I am still getting an A in the class. I was hoping for an A but in all actuality I knew I would be happy with an A-

People tell me that I should be more self assured that I am going to get an A on my tests, but I don't want to get too cocky. I feel like if I think I am going to do super well on something I end up failing miserably. Shooting for average is good, because when I do above average I feel really terrific.

I feel like there were some things on the test that I probably should have gotten credit on that I didn't, but there really is nothing I can do about it. Bite-Not collars will just not go on properly if the dog is a stuffed animal with no neck. Oh well, I did my best and got a decent grade. That is all that really matters.

Thursday is our first Equine lab and I can't wait! I love horses so much, this trip is going to be a blast. That is the one good thing about college, sometimes (when you have an awesome/horrible class like Intro) you get super cool field trips =D

I will keep you posted. This lab is gonna be bueno ;)

Cute Little Crotchity Old Man Cattle Dogs and Chunky Faced Cats

So, I am a pre-vet tech student at Baker College and today out intro class had our first live animal lab. My group worked with a cattle dog mix who was super sweet and adorable, he had the goofiest over-bite ever. He was also a fear biter =/ who tried to bite us when we went to put him in to any type of recumbency (laying down position). Eventually he decided he liked us and we decided to not make him lay down, then the lab went smoothly from there. He was so pathetic when we put him in the 'bite not' collar (especially since he had it done to him 8 times =). ). Today I got most of my competencies checked off, so all in all it was a good lab day with the dogs.

When we were finished cleaning up the room to get rid of the dog smell, we got to play with the kitty cats. My group got the cutest, most calm little chunkers ever! She was so calm, she let us do everything we needed to do with her. She loved getting put in the Kitty Burrito and carried around that way. She even tolerated us putting her into the cat bag a few times.

All in all it was a good lab day for the entire class. No one got hurt in real life, even though a few lost fingers in pretend land (lol). Hopefully I will be able to keep this blog up-to-date as I continue on Becoming a Vet Tech